“The love of my life,” I say to him before I pull on his energy and he scowls at me as it leaves him and enters me. I relax as I get stronger. I release him and step back, giving him some room to process.
“To your satisfaction, I trust?” he says.
“Quite the boost, my love. Everything I had hoped it would be and more.”
He peers at me curiously. “You really thought about what it would be like?”
“Of course. It may not be for you, but it is just as intimate for me as the bite,” I tell him shyly.
“Well, in that case, you will only ever do this with me and certainly not the Demon,” he says emphatically, and I chuckle.
“Still so possessive.”
He grins winningly at me, pleased now that I am back to normal and no longer moody and brooding. “Only for you. Now, can you tell me why you had a million dollars transferred to my account?”
Taken aback I blink at him before answering, “You paid off Cole’s mother to stay away from him. He didn’t want to be in debt to you.”
His turn to blink at me. “Who told you I paid his mother a million dollars?” he asks.
“Nico,” I reply, confused. “Didn’t you?”
His hesitation has me most concerned and when he carefully answers with, “Why, yes I did,” I pounce.
“What aren’t you telling me?” I demand.
“Nothing,” he says innocently, but he isn’t fooling me.
“CK,” I say sternly, crossing my arms.
“Aefre,” he says back. “I took care of it. Leave it now. It was unnecessary for you to give me the money.”
Now I am more than concerned. I am downright worried. This is sounding less like a payoff and more of a payout to ‘take care of it’, or her, as the case may be. I don’t get to answer as Cade makes his entrance then. “Ready?”
“Yes.” I narrow my eyes at my sire, but I know it will be a fruitless venture to pursue this topic with him. I suppose all I need to know is that she won’t come bothering Cole, I will just have to overlook the fact that I don’t know any facts. Never a good sign.
“Where are we going?” Cade interrupts my thoughts.
“Italy,” I say to his surprise.
“Oh? That’s…far away.”
“Not when you can get there in the blink of an eye. Or in my case a swirl of dark inky fog.”
“I suppose,” he says. He looks uncomfortable.
“Come,” I say and hold out my hand.
“You are taking him?” CK asks.
“Well, you take him then. I’m not fussed.”
“Err,” Cade says. “You might not be fussed, but I am. I will go with you.”
CK looks offended at that but I placate him with a smile. “I will take both of you.”
“You are going to usher me to my own house?”
“Yes,” I say decisively and take both their hands and swirl off before either of them can protest further.